Gate operating and latch means.



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GATE OPERATING AND LATCH MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED was. 1918 Patented Apr. 1,1919.

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GATE OPERATING AND LATCH MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8. 1918.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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' GATE ornnn'rme AND LATGH MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

I Application filed August 8, 1918. Serial No. 248,937.

such as will enable others skilled in the artto' which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in gates and more particularly to means for releasing the latches thereof and opening the gate from a point remote therefrom, the principal object of the invention being to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive, yet a highly efiicient. and durable device which may be attached to gates of numerous designs for first releasing the latch and then opening the gate; and with this object in view, the invention .resides in the novel features of construction and unique combinationof parts to be hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a side elevation of a gate equipped with the invention.-

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and showing the gate swung at right angles.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the gate in its normal locked position.

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the manner in which the slide is operated to release the latch by a pull on one of the operating cables.

In the drawings above briefly described, G designates a gate hinged for vertical adjustment to a post P. A vertical attaching plate 1 is secured by bolts or the like 2 to the hinged end of the gate, the upper end of said plate 1 carrying a horizontal base 3 which is provided, preferably beyond the hinge line, with a peripherally grooved segment 4, said segment having a guideway in the form of an elongatednotch 5 opening through its periphery. A tubular guide 6 is formed at the inner end of the notch 5 and receives therein a coiled spring 7 for a purpose to appear. A forked slide 8 is mounted in the notch 5 and is provided with a hub 9 slidable within the tubular guide 6,

the spring 7 acting against said hub to normally project the slide 8 so as to extend one end of the latter beyond the segment 4:. The end of the slide in question is provided with a shoe or pulley 10, and a pair of oppositely extending cables 11 pass around this pulley, around portions of the segment 4, and are, knotted or otherwise secured to the ends of the segment at 12. The cables 11 extend around suitable sheaves 13 mounted on posts 14 and are connected cable 16 will so actuate the adjacent lever,

15 as to pull one of the cables 11, thus first shifting the slide 8 inwardly and then pulling upon the segment 4 so asto swing the gate upon its hinges, the inward movement of said slide serving to release thelatch of the gate.

Any preferred latch may be employed, but for illustrative purposes I have shown a sliding bar 17 mounted on the gate and adapted to engage a notch 18 in one of the gate posts 19, or to coact with additional notches 18 in the posts 14, whereby the gate may be locked in either open or closed position. A vertical lever 20 is fulcrumed on the gate and is pivoted to the latch bar 17 at its lower end, the upper end of said lever being pivotally connected to one end of a longitudinal rod 21 which passes slidably through a lug 22 on the base 3 and through a boss 23 on the end of the tubular casing 6, said rod being threaded into or otherwise secured to the hub 9 of the slide. By this arrangement, it will be obvious that when the slide is forced inwardly, the rod 21, lever 20 and latch bar 17 are operated to release the gate and permit free opening thereof.

The attachment is of extremely simple and inexpensive nature, may be quickly and easily applied to the gate without the employment of skilled labor, and when installed will be highly efficient and in every way desirable. Since excellent results are obtained from the details shown and described, they are by preference followed, but within the scope of the invention as claimed, considerable latitude is allowed for making such minor changes as occasion may dictate.

I claim:

1. A latch releasing and gate opening device comprising an approximately semi-circular, peripherally grooved segment, means for securing said segment to the hinged end of the gate in a horizontal position, said segment having a radial notch opening through its peripheral edge, a "tubular horizontal guide integral with said segment and alined with said notch, the end of said guide adjacent said notch being open and the other end of said guide being closed with the exception ofa central opening, a slide mounted in said notch and having on its outer end a shoe normally positioned beyond the peripheral edgeof said segment, the inner end of said slide having a cylindrical extension slidable in said tubular guide, a coiled spring in said guide between its closed end and said extension to project said slide outwardly and dispose said shoe at the aforesaid normal position, a pair of cables secured to the ends of said segment and trained oppositely around the latter and around said shoe, whereby a pull on either cable will first force said slide inwardly and then swing the segment and gate, and a rod passing through the aforesaid opening in said tubular guide and connected with said extension of said slide, said rod being adapted to release the gate latch when said slide is shifted by either cable.

2. A latch releasing and gate operating device comprising a vertical attaching plate adapted to be secured to one side of the gate at the hinged end thereof, a horizontallyelongated base formed integrally with the upper end of said attaching plate and extending from the latterto a point beyond the hinge line of the gate, a peripherally grooved segment formed integrally With the extended end of said base, said segment having a radial notch elongated in the same direction as said base, a tubular guide formed integrally With said segment in line with said notch, the end of said guide adjacent thenotch being open and the other end of said guide being closed with the exception of a central opening, a forked slide mounted in the aforesaid notch and having between its arms a rotatable shoenormally positioned beyond the peripheral edge of said segment, the inner end of said slide being provided with a cylindrical extension slid: ably received in said tubular guide, a coiled spring in said guide between said extension and theclosed end of the guideto normally force said slide outwardly and dispose said shoe at the aforesaid normal position, apair of cables secured to the ends of said segment and trained oppositely around the latter and around said shoe, whereby a pull oneither cable will first shift the slide inwardly and then swing the segment and gate, an apertured lug rising from the end of therbase remote from the aforesaid segment, and a rod passing slidably through said lug and through the opening. of the aforesaid guide, the oneend of said rod beingiconnected to the extension of the slide and the other end thereof being adapted to release the gate latch when said rod is shifted by a pull on either cable.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set In hand.

y OTIS ADAMS,

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